Google finally made an Android feature even Apple won’t steal
With WWDC just about a month away, you’re going to read a lot of stories about how the newest features in iOS 18 are copies of something Google or Samsung already have in Android. But…
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Google brings passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program ahead of the US presidential election
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election, Google is bringing passkey support to its Advanced Protection Program (APP), which is used by people who are at high risk of targeted attacks, such as campaign workers, candidates,…
Google pays Apple more than most companies make in a year for its prime iPhone slot
It’s no secret that the iPhone is a valuable device, not just to Apple but also to many of its biggest competitors. According to unsealed court documents revealed in the antitrust trial between the Justice Department…
Security bugs in a popular phone-tracking app exposed users’ precise locations
Last week when a security researcher said he could easily obtain the precise location from any one of the millions of users of a widely used phone-tracking app, we had to see it for ourselves.…
Google One VPN is the Google Graveyard’s newest victim
Days after I said a tearful goodbye to Google’s pretty-darn-good Podcasts app (yet another service that Google fed to YouTube as if it was a ravenous monster that needed to be sated), they’re at it…
Chrome Enterprise goes Premium with new security and management features
At its Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas, Google on Tuesday extended its Chrome Enterprise product suite with the launch of Chrome Enterprise Premium. Google has long offered an enterprise-centric version of its Chrome…
Google injects generative AI into its cloud security tools
At its annual Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas, Google on Tuesday introduced new cloud-based security products and services — in addition to updates to existing products and services — aimed at customers managing large,…
Google accidentally confirms RCS isn’t coming to the iPhone until iOS 18
Google is just as excited about RCS on the iPhone as we are—so much so that it can’t wait to tell Android users about it. In a new website promoting the benefits of Google Messages,…
Google eliminates 12 security vulnerabilities in Chrome
With the new Chrome versions 123.0.6312.58/59 for Windows and macOS and 123.0.6312.58 for Linux, released on March 19, Google fixed 12 vulnerabilities in its browser. So far, none of these vulnerabilities have been exploited for…
Apple may hire Google to power new iPhone AI features using Gemini—report
Benj Edwards On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Apple is in talks to license Google’s Gemini model to power AI features like Siri in a future iPhone software update coming later in 2024, according to people…